Cushion-tire for wheels.



No. 836,077. PATENTED NOV. 20, 1906 T. J. AURAND.

CUSHION TIRE FOR WHEELS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 23. 1905.

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. conventional type, and

THOMAS J. AURAND. or WATSEKA, ILLINOIS.

CUSHION-WIRE FOR WHEELS.

Patented Nov. 20, 1906., 288,761.

v No. 836,077. Specification of Letters Patent.

Applicationfiled November 23, 1905. SerialNo.

displacement. Hooked mem-.

To aZZ- whom it may concern: against lateral Be it known that I, THOMAS J. AURAND, a bers6 project from the edges of the base-ban citizen of the United States, residing at Wat- 3 at suitable intervals and are preferably 1n seka, in the county of Iroquois an State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cushion-Tires for Wheels, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in tires, and has for its object to provide an article of this character w ch will possess the softness and resiliency of a pneumatic tire, but which. will be much more durable, owing to the fact that it is so constructed as to gain its elasticity from metallic springs.

With this object in view the invention comprises, essentially, a base member extended around the rim or felly of the wheel, an inner metallic-tire tube formed of overlapping sections, and means for movably connecting said sections to the base member.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a of the details of construction of the means for efiecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and ac- W Figure 1 is a side view of the form of transverse strips secure tot e band 3 and heir ends bent backhaving t wardly upon themselves. The sections :7, are in the form'of forming part of the tire, metallic strips having their middle portion broadened .and curved, while their ends are provided with longitudinal slots 8 for engagiment with the e ooked members 6 broadened portions of the sections7 overlap each other, as will be readily seen in Fig. 1, the side of each section fitting beneath the edge of the adjacent section, being provide with a depression9, which serves as a guideway for an inward projection 10 upon the edge of the outer, section. This construction enables the various sections to slip over eac other and telescope a certain amount, as may be necessary when they are pressed inwardly when in use. The slots 8 also have a slidin connection with the hooked members 6 an are hence movably connected to the baseband 3. This has the advantage of enabling them to give in a lateral direction as well as in a direction normal to the rim. In order to exclude dirt and foreign matter from the metallic tube and to form a mu e for the noise which would necessarily result from their slipping upon each other, an outer protective casing 1 1 is employed. This outer tire 11 may be of any suitable form, but is preferably of the clencher type, as shown in the drawings. It will thus be apparent that, owing to the construction of the metallic tube, the sections thereof are permitted to move upon each other, so as to form a spring-cushion which is adapted to resist both normal and lateral ressure.

Having t us described my invention, what I claim as new is- 1. The combination with the rim of a wheel, of a base-band secured thereto and having hooked members projecting from the edges thereof, and a metallic tire formed of overlapdping sections, said sections havin slotted en s which are loosely connected to t e baseband by means 0 the before mentione hooked members.

2. The combination with the rim of a wheel, of a base member secured thereto, transverse members secured to the base members an having hooked ends, and a metallic tireformed in overlapping sections, the ends of said see-- c a wheel provided accordance with my invention, parts being broken away. Fig. 2 is a lan view of one of the sections of the metallic-tire tube; Fig. Sis .a perspective view of a portion of the base member, showing the method of attaching the hooked members thereto. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view through the tire, and Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line :0 w of ig. 4. Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The numeral 1 designates a wheel of any 2 the rim or felly shown in the drawings as havlng a concaved outer face, although this essential feature of my invention. erably in the form of a metallic band, extends around the rim 2 and has its opposite ends. bent inwardl at a proximately right angles and passed t oug an opening in the rim 2. These inwardl bent portions 4 of the baseband are perforated and connected by any suitable fastening means, such as a bolt 5. base-band to be drawn so as to be securely held tightly in position,

. I tions being to the slotted and formed in overlapping said sections nected to the venting the 1 o tions from s 4.-In com a base-band hooked memb ted and-movably connected to the by means of the therefrom, and means for ortions of the s lapping 20'. past eac other.

- 5. In combination withthe rim of a wheel, I a base-band secured thereto, and haying TH ooked members projecting from the edges Witnesses:

y means of the hooked members.

with the rim of a wheel,

thereto,

hooked members ections from slipping metallic tire formed..,in overs the-ends of which are slotted movably connected and movablyco means of the therefrom, each pression in one s a metallic tire I guideway for a transverse sections,

projecting preventing the over outer protective tallic tire.

guideway'for the pro lapping side of the adjacent sect nnected hooked ide thereof w each of said sections one side thereof which ection upo In testimony whereof I ,aflix in presence of two witnesses.

OMAS J. AURAN'D- U F. H. HIGGINS, iFRED AURAND.

having their ends loosely con- 6. In combination with the rim of alwheel, base-band, and means for prea base-band secured thereto, and having overlapping portions of the sec ooked mem ers projecting from the edges lipping past each other. t ereof, a metallic tire formed in overla pin blnation with the rim of a wheel, sections the ends of which are slotte an secured thereto and having movably connected to the base-band by ers project1ng from the edges means of the hooked members projecting hich serves as a pro ection upon the overlapo ping side of the adjacent section.

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